Vida Alves
Vida Alves | |
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| Born | Vida Amélia Guedes Alves April 15, 1928 |
| Died | January 3, 2017(aged 88) |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, writer |
| Spouse |
Gianni Gasparinetti (m.1949) |
Vida Amélia Guedes Alves(April 15, 1928 – January 3, 2017) was a Brazilianactressand pioneer of earlyBrazilian televisionwhose career spanned more than seventy years.[1]In 1951, Alves made history when she and actorWalter Forsterperformed the first on-screen kiss everbroadcaston Brazilian television on the earlytelenovelaseries,Sua Vida Me Pertence.[1][2][3][4]In 1963, Alves madetelevision historyonce again by sharing the first gay kiss shown on Brazilian television with actress Geórgia Gomide on the teleteatro show,TV de Vanguarda.[1][2][3][4]
Additionally, Alves co-founded the Associação dos Pioneiros da Televisão, orAssociation of Television Pioneers(Pró-TV), in 1995 and operated the Museu da Televisão Brasileira from her home inSão Paulo.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Vida Alves was born on April 15, 1928, inItanhandu,a mining city inMinas Gerais.[1][2]She moved to the city ofSão Pauloto pursue acting.[1]She began her career in radio before transitioning to film and early television roles.[2]Her film roles includedPaixão Tempestuosain 1954 andA Pequena Órfãin 1973.[2]
Alves was cast inSua Vida Me Pertence,Brazil's firsttelenovelaand a pioneer of thetelevision genre,which debuted onTV Tupiin 1951.[1]She co-starred in the series withWalter Forster,an actor who was also TV Tupi's director.[1]In 1951, Alves and Forster shared the first on-screen kiss ever broadcast on Brazilian television.[1]Alves and Forsterrehearsedtheir scene in herliving roomunder the watch of her husband, Gianni Gasparinetti, who gave his permission.[1]Alves and Gasparinetti were newlyweds at the time and Forster was a close friend of the couple.[1]According to Alves, who spoke of the scene in a December 2016 interview, "We [She and Forster] lived very close, ablockaway...It was a technical kiss. Walter Foster showed up at my house and said, 'Let's rehearse.' My husband thought it was kind of weird, but he agreed. "[1]Alves historic kiss was performed live on television and not taped, so no copy of Brazil's first on-screen kiss exists.[1]
Alves called the early telenovelas aired in the 1950s "simpler" than today's series, since the shows were only broadcast two or three times per week, rather than airing daily episodes.[1]
During the 1950s and 1960s,TV Tupialso aired a teleteatro show calledTV de Vanguarda,which broadcasttelevision adaptationsofliterary novelsandplays.[1]Teleteatro were a type of Brazilian television show that featured a completestory arcwith a beginning, middle and ending broadcast in a single, two-hour episode.[1]In 1963, Alves appeared in an episode of the series calledA Calúniain which she and actress Geórgia Gomide shared a kiss, marking the first gay kiss ever broadcast on Brazilian television in the country's history.[1][2]The plot ofA Calúniafeatured two staff members of an all-girls boarding school, played by Alves and Gomide, who become the subjects of rumors that they were gay.[1][4]Alves plays the director of the school, while Gomide portrays her colleague.[4]Upon hearing the rumors, outraged parents complain and the school is forced to closed.[1]On the day the school closes, Alves and Gomide look at each other, kiss and realize they are actually in love.[1]In a 2011 interview withÉpoca magazine,Alves called the landmark kiss "tender", since their characters had not realized their feelings for each other until that moment.[1]
In 1995, Alves and several television co-founded the Associação dos Pioneiros Profissionais e Incentivadores da Televisão Brasileira (Pró-TV), a professional organization.[2][4]She also operated the Museu da Televisão Brasileira, including special exhibitions, at her own home in São Paulo for thirteen years.[2]
Alves released two books focusing on her career during her later life.[2]AbiographytitledVida Alves - Sem medo de viver,authored by Nelson Natalino, was published by Editora Imprensa Oficial in 2013.[1]Alves also wrote a second book,Televisão brasileira: O primeiro beijo e outras curiosidades(Brazilian television: The first kiss and other curiosities), which she released in 2014.[2]
Alves was interviewed byBBC Brasilin December 2016, just weeks before her death.[1]
Alves began suffering from declining health in 2016.[2]She was hospitalized in Sancta Maggiore hospital inSão Pauloon December 28, 2016, just weeks after her BBC Brasil interview.[1][2][4]She died at the same hospital from multiple organ failure on January 3, 2017, at the age of 88.[1][2]She was survived by two children, three grandchildren, including singerTiê,[4]and three great-grandchildren.[2]Alves was buried in the Cemitério do Araçá in São Paulo.[2]
References
[edit]- ^abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy"A atriz que deu o primeiro beijo - e o primeiro beijo gay - na TV brasileira".BBC Brasil.2016-12-19.Retrieved2017-03-04.
- ^abcdefghijklmnop"Morre, aos 88 anos, a atriz Vida Alves".O Globo.2017-01-04.Retrieved2017-03-04.
- ^ab"Morre Vida Alves, que atuou no primeiro beijo na boca da TV brasileira".Folha de S.Paulo.2017-01-04.Retrieved2017-03-04.
- ^abcdefg"Morre Vida Alves, atriz que deu o primeiro beijo da TV brasileira".Uai.br.2017-01-04.Retrieved2017-03-04.
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